Main area: Mental Health
Grade Band: 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term) ASOP PCN Thurrock
Hours: Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week (Fixed Term) Canvey PCN
Job ref: 395-EC100-25
Site: Canvey PCN
Town: Canvey Island
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join our Canvey Island PCN for 12 months fixed term.
As part of the NHS long term plan, local areas were asked to realign community mental health services with primary care networks, creating new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care.
PCN's aim to:
* Have a key co-ordinating role at the heart of the GP practices and are a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team with regards to response and management pathways.
* Provide a combined consultation, advice, triage and liaison function in accordance with agreed protocols.
* Support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems through evidence-based interventions.
The Mental Health Senior Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment and caseload management of clinicians within their GP PCN. They will triage cases, complete a full assessment and manage their workstream. The post holder will work closely with the operation manager and Clinical & Strategic Lead, to ensure effective delivery of the new PCN initiative in Essex.
Main duties of the job
This CYP MH Practitioner post is a new post to support the development and delivery of the PCN service in Essex. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of evidence-based low intensity interventions in GP services, supporting liaison between professionals.
The post holder will have experience working with children and young people within this framework to support mild to moderate mental health needs. This will include the delivery of individual interventions and group support. The post holder will have experience in managing a clinical caseload and delivering therapeutic and low intensity interventions, as well as experience of case load management to meet service targets and manage waiting list demands.
Working for our organisation
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role will include working with the locality based Clinical Leads under the guidance of the Clinical & Strategic Lead. Excellent opportunities will be available for training and professional development, with regular supervision and access to other support via NELFT.
The following are the core clinical responsibilities of the PCN mental health practitioner:
* To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to assess and manage patients using expert knowledge.
* To assist in the assessment of new patients with subsequent production and completion of individual care plans.
* To provide specialist clinical support and advice to young people with mental health difficulties.
* To work with patients to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment.
* To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
* To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads.
* To follow departmental policies procedures and guidelines.
* To triage and also receive referrals and directed patients from within the PCN.
* To communicate effectively with patients, recognising the need for varying methods of communication.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience of working in community mental health settings.
* Experience of working with community settings.
* Experience of caseload management.
Qualification
* Qualified & Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Psychologist, Family Therapist, Drama Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, CBT Therapist, Educational Psychologist.
* Registered with the relevant governing body (e.g., NMC, BABCP, UKCP etc.).
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
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